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Blacktop

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I'm really not happy with this composition. I love the lamp posts, I love the benches, and I like the flowering trees.
I don't like the power line, I don't like the parking lot.
I tried to compose this shot a few different ways, and this is the best that I could come up with.:mad:

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Maybe if I had gotten lower and shot it upwards a little bit?
 
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rocketman122

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Blacktop said:
I'm really not happy with this composition. I love the lamp posts, I love the benches, and I like the flowering trees.
I don't like the power line, I don't like the parking lot.
I tried to compose this shot a few different ways, and this is the best that I could come up with.:mad:

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Maybe if I had gotten lower and shot it upwards a little bit?
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composition is fine. problem is the scene there is very busy and nothing you can do. shooting horizontal would bring the road in, and vertical, you can get the bench tree and pole in sync. too busy. the power lines, the car. the tree is offset with the light pole, the road. sometimes as much as we see an image in mind and try to capture it, it just wont work. you could have tried to compress the shot with a tele bring the tree up a bit in a vertical shot, but the cables would still be there, or you could have gone back and shot at 300 and compress more, but the road and cable would still be there. sometimes no matter what you just cant get an aesthetically pleasing shot.
 
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Scott Murray

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Blacktop said:
I'm really not happy with this composition. I love the lamp posts, I love the benches, and I like the flowering trees.
I don't like the power line, I don't like the parking lot.
I tried to compose this shot a few different ways, and this is the best that I could come up with.:mad:

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Maybe if I had gotten lower and shot it upwards a little bit?
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Just a thought try cropping to the top of the light pole and next time include all of the chair in the pic, also maybe more central may work and a bit lower.
 
BackdoorArts

BackdoorArts

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Some picturesque spots are just tucked so tightly into other nonsense that the best picture you'll get is the one in your head, because it can filter out things the camera can't.

If I wanted to try and shoot it I'd come back at night when maybe you can capture just enough of the good and none of the bad by the light of the streetlights. During the day there's not much you can do.
 
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grandpaw

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I would have moved to the left of the light pole and angle my shot to the right and eliminate the wires.
 
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480sparky

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grandpaw said:
I would have moved to the left of the light pole and angle my shot to the right and eliminate the wires.
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Or walked across the street to see if 'the shot' could be found there. Same elements, just a different arrangement....... and maybe a longer lens.
 
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Eyelight

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Blacktop said:
I'm really not happy with this composition. I love the lamp posts, I love the benches, and I like the flowering trees.
I don't like the power line, I don't like the parking lot.
I tried to compose this shot a few different ways, and this is the best that I could come up with.:mad:

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Maybe if I had gotten lower and shot it upwards a little bit?
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The red sidewalk draws the eye, the fore lamp post is prominent and the fore tree is asking to be the subject. Take a few steps back and right. Aim straight down the sidewalk, centered on the farthest point you can see. Let everything become the subject, including the swing of the power lines and the march of the parking lot stripes. Move forward or back until everything dances together. Might not work at all, and I hope it wasn't too poetic, but it is what comes to mind.
 
BackdoorArts

BackdoorArts

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One other thing, big aperture to try and at least put the nonsense out of focus. Can't do it with the wide angle lens you used at that perspective, but maybe something else, and a more specifically chosen subject within the scene?
 
Horoscope Fish

Horoscope Fish

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I like all the individual elements but I'm unclear on what the subject of the shot is. If it were me, I'd probably shoot all the elements individually because I don't know that I could put them all into one shot and make it work.

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Blacktop

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I tried pretty much all that was suggested and this is the best out of all of those unfortunately.

I'm unclear on what the subject of the shot is
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I liked the lines. The line of the lamp posts and the line of the benches. Unfortunately there is too much else is going on to have any composition of a decent nature to take place.:D


 
Horoscope Fish

Horoscope Fish

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Blacktop said:
I liked the lines. The line of the lamp posts and the line of the benches. Unfortunately there is too much else is going on to have any composition of a decent nature to take place.
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Roger that... In looking at the shot again, if you 'shopped out the power-lines, the car in the lot and the sign just to the right of the tree, I think you'd have a much nicer shot. The composition is not bad -- you've got a strong convergence going on -- there's just a lot of "junk in the trunk" tearing down that really cool convergence.

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Pretzel

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I like the idea of a night shot and the wider aperture. A night sky makes the lines disappear (as would editing), and the lack of a car or two in the shot would serve to NOT draw attention to the street/parking lot. Then, the wider aperture can serve to "hide" some of the deep background distractions. Sometimes, there just isn't an angle to be found, but this could turn out cool nonetheless...
 
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